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Stories filtering out of Iraq in the wake of the defection of two of the dictator's military commanders (and sons-in-law) suggest that Saddam's army is a threat mainly to other Iraqis. Amatzia Baram, chairman of the department of Middle Eastern history at Haifa University, calculates that up to 30% of Saddam's fighting troops, unable to subsist on meager army rations, have deserted, and many now roam the country as armed bandits. The rest are hardly in top shape. According to diplomatic and academic sources in Britain, when Saddam massed troops near the Kuwaiti border last...
...number of other ideas with reporters. Environment Minister Yossi Sarid spoke of expelling militant settlers from the territories. Education Minister Amnon Rubinstein advocated completely outlawing Kach, the political party established by Kahane, with which Goldstein was affiliated. The party is already barred from participating in elections. Tourism Minister Uzi Baram suggested disarming Kachniks...
Peres spent five days in Spain and Italy last week championing the idea of such a meeting. At a regional session of the Socialist International in Rome, Peres held an unexpected round of talks with two Soviet officials. According to Knesset Member Uzi Baram, a Laborite who traveled with Peres, the Foreign Minister told the Soviets that a restoration of diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Moscow would help promote an international conference that would include the Soviet Union...
...reaction from the Labor Party to Dayan's defection was one of outrage. "This is political prostitution and betrayal," cried Israel Kargman, chairman of the Knesset finance committee. "He has caused us trouble for years," snapped Labor's Jerusalem leader, Uzi Baram. "Let Likud enjoy him now." Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres was reported to be "stunned"; he and Dayan were political allies for 25 years, and left Labor together in 1965; they rejoined the party three years later. Labor officials also blamed the Carter Administration for Begin's nomination of Dayan as well as the Likud...
Others named to the group yesterday are Michael Baram, MIT professor of Civil Engineering; Jack P. Ruina, MIT professor of electrical engineering; and Theodore Monacelli, a Cambridge architect...